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We analyze the aid portfolio of various bilateral and multilateral donors, testing whether they have prioritised aid in line with the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). In doing so, we combine sectorally disaggregated aid data with indicators reflecting the situation of recipient countries...
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The article criticizes the World Bank as overy optimistic concerning its ability to raise the effectiveness of aid by concentrating aid on countries with "good" policies. It is shown that aid flows to the main recipient regions yielded the highest correlation to growth when their magnitudes...
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This paper examines several indicators of effective development aid, focusing on the contributions of major bilateral donors. The empirical analyses of selectivity for effective aid delivery revealed that, taking a long-term and regional perspective, some major donors including Japan have been...
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In recent years, China has become a major power on the African continent, not only with respect to trade and investment …, but also as a donor of development aid. Although there is no accurate measure of the exact size of China's aid program …, since China rather underestimates the volume in official statistics, estimates on the basis of press releases, official …
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Does official aid pave the road for private foreign investment or does it suffocate private initiative by diverting resources towards unproductive activities? In this paper we explore this question using data for a large number of developing and emerging economies. Controlling for countries'...
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This book describes China's growing range of activities in Africa, especially in the sub-Saharan region. The three most … important instruments China has at its disposal in Africa are development aid, investments and trade policy. The Chinese … Africa. China's economic success can partly be ascribed to the huge availability of cheap labour, which is primarily employed …
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evidence for displacement effects of African firms due to competition from China. Chinese foreign investment and aid in Africa …
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This paper reviews what has been learned over many decades of foreign aid to education. It discusses what works and what does not and in this discussion draws attention to the fact that even a simple assessment requires more than providing a uniform check-list of inputs. It shows the positive...
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